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Lettuce with Chevre (Goat Cheese) Did you know that one of the few groups of people (in this reference, British) who regularly use the ‘glottal stop’ are incapable of pronouncing it? Mon mari has been watching a bit of British television lately…. It’s background noise for me but the occasional word or phrase breaks through. One that will not get out of my mind is the little boy who tells …Continue reading →

When we first moved across the pond I used to have people ask me, worriedly, if I was able to get sour cream…. Or peanut butter. How would I ever manage without them? Nut surprisingly, as we have moved from country to country, we have found favorite foods that we’ve had to leave behind, foods unique to a country and not found elsewhere. Like these banderillas garnishing my Tuna and …Continue reading →